Recorded crime
Norwich recorded crime by postcode district
Crimes police recorded in July 2026 within roughly 1 mile of each district centre, across 7 Norwich districts. Counts, not rates.
Crimes recorded, July 2026
2,640
Across 7 districts, within about 1 mile of each centre.
- Districts
- 7
- Most recorded
- Violence
data.police.uk, July 2026
Summary
Recorded crime in Norwich: police recorded 2,640 crimes in July 2026 within roughly 1 mile of the centre of each of the 7 postcode districts with a published figure. NR4 has the lowest recorded count (91) and NR1 the highest (729). The most often recorded category was violent crime, at 38% of the month's recorded crimes. These are counts, not rates: a district with shops, bars and a station will out-count a residential one on footfall alone.
Data from data.police.uk street-level crime API, July 2026.
Read this first
These are counts, not rates. data.police.uk street-level crime API publishes how many crimes were recorded near a point; it publishes no population figure to divide by. A district with a station, shops and bars will record more crime than a residential one because more people pass through it, not necessarily because residents are more likely to be a victim. Recorded crime is also only crime that was reported and recorded, and reporting rates vary by crime type and by area.
Use this to see the shape of a city and to prompt better questions, not to decide that one district is good and another bad.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on Norwich crime counts: big differences, read with care
The police data for July 2026 counts 2,640 crimes across 7 Norwich districts, and the table stretches from 91 in NR4 to 729 in NR1, a wide spread that shopping and nightlife districts create on their own.
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Key figures
Norwich crime counts at a glance
Police records for July 2026. A count near each district centre is not a safety ranking.
Lowest district
91
NR4, crimes recorded
Middle district
175
Median of the districts
Highest district
729
NR1, crimes recorded
Top category
Violence
1,015 of 2,640 crimes
Recorded crime
Norwich crime by category and district
2,640 recorded crimes across 7 districts in July 2026.
By category
What the recorded crimes were
Violent crime was the most recorded category, with 1,015 of 2,640 crimes (38%). It describes the month's police records, not what is likely to happen to you.
See the figures
| Category | Recorded | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 1,015 | 38% |
| Anti social behaviour | 460 | 17% |
| Shoplifting | 278 | 11% |
| Public order | 199 | 8% |
| Criminal damage arson | 195 | 7% |
data.police.uk street-level crime API, July 2026
By district
Norwich districts, lowest recorded count first
Counts run from 91 in NR4 to 729 in NR1. Each row is one postcode district: how many crimes police recorded within about a mile of its centre.
See the figures
| District | Recorded crimes | Most recorded category | Area data |
|---|---|---|---|
| NR4 | 91 | Violent crime (37) | NR4 area report |
| NR7 | 156 | Violent crime (78) | NR7 area report |
| NR5 | 170 | Violent crime (91) | NR5 area report |
| NR6 | 175 | Violent crime (73) | NR6 area report |
| NR3 | 606 | Violent crime (235) | NR3 area report |
| NR2 | 713 | Violent crime (244) | NR2 area report |
| NR1 | 729 | Violent crime (257) | NR1 area report |
Districts with no figure published for July 2026 are left out rather than shown as zero: a force not having published yet is not the same fact as no crime.
data.police.uk street-level crime API, July 2026
Reading the numbers
What the numbers show
Across the 7 Norwich postcode districts with a published figure for July 2026, police recorded 2,640 crimes in total within roughly a mile of each district centroid. The median district recorded 175.
NR4 has the lowest recorded crime count of the districts listed (91), and NR1 the highest (729).
The spread across the city is wide: the highest-counting district recorded about 8.0 times as many crimes as the lowest. Much of a gap that size reflects what is in the radius: a city-centre district with shops, bars and a station will out-count a residential one before any difference in how people behave.
The most frequently recorded category across these districts was violent crime, at 38% of all recorded crimes in the month.
Questions, answered
Norwich recorded crime: your questions
How many crimes were recorded in Norwich?
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Why does this page not rank Norwich districts by crime rate?
Source and method
Where these figures come from
data.police.uk street-level crime API (API documentation), month 2026-07, one request per district at its centroid, ~1 mile radius. England and Wales only. Data.police.uk does not carry Police Scotland or PSNI. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Crime locations published by police forces are snapped to anonymised map points to protect victims, so a point is never an exact address. A guide is only generated for a city where at least 5 of its districts have a published figure.
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